FEB 2016 | Music

In his review of Bob Dylan’s divisive 1970 album Self Portrait, Rolling Stone critic Greil Marcus famously quipped, “What is this shit?” Marcus was not alone with his vitriolSelf Portrait went on to be one of Dylan’s most poorly received albums, at least by critics.

MAY 2013 | Music

The Blues for Smoke exhibition at the Whitney Museum paints the blues aesthetic with an ever-expanding palette. That is to say, there are a lot of references you’d expect, and quite a few that challenge preconceived notions.

OCT 2013 | Music

The third annual Spy Fest, organized by Brooklyns intrepid Northern Spy record label, took place over the weekend of September 68. Northern Spy was founded in 2010 by Tom Abbs and Adam Downey, each of whom spent years working at ESP-Disk.

JUNE 2015 | Music

With Thrill Jockey, Fohr has been afforded resources that have opened her up to larger opportunities. Up until this album, Ive been one person trying to do everything, Fohr tells me. It feels like a huge step forward.

MAY 2014 | Music

On the evening of March 7, Charlemagne Palestine approached the massive Aeolian-Skinner organ at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights with dogged determination and a childlike sense of wonder. A soft drone was reverberating throughout the airy room even before Palestine took his seat.

JUL-AUG 2013 | Music

In his lifetime, Moses Asch devoted himself to documenting what he called peoples music. Asch churned out dozens of releases each year on his label, Folkways Records, covering marginalized sounds from every corner of the globe.